Hippolyte Passy
{{Short description|French cavalry officer, economist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hippolyte Philibert Passy
| image = Passy, Hippolyte.jpg
| order =
| term_start = 1830
| term_end = 1851
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = Minister of Finance
| term_start2 = 10 November 1834
| term_end2 = 18 November 1834
| office3 = Minister of Finance
| term_start3 = 2 August 1836
| term_end3 = 6 September 1836
| office4 = Minister of Finance
| term_start4 = 12 May 1839
| term_end4 = 29 February 1840
| office5 = Minister of Commerce
| term_start5 = 22 February 1836
| term_end5 = 5 September 1836
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1793|10|15}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1880|6|1|1793|10|15}}
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| nationality = French
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| spouse = Claire Fourmont-Tournay
| children = {{unbulleted list|Edgar Passy}}
| mother = Jaquette Pauline Hélène d’Aure
| father = Louis François Passy
| relatives = {{unbulleted list|See: Passy family|Antoine Cartier d'Aure (uncle)}}
| profession = Economist
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Hippolyte Philibert Passy (15 October 1793 – 1 June 1880){{cite web |title=Hippolyte, Philibert Passy - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale |url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/11005 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr |access-date=19 November 2019}} was a French cavalry officer, economist and politician.
Early life
Passy was born into an aristocratic Catholic family.{{cite journal |last1=Clinton |first1=Michael |title=Frédéric Passy: Patriotic Pacifist |journal=Journal of Historical Biography |volume=2 |issue=1 |url=https://www.ufv.ca/jhb/Volume_2/Volume_2_Clinton.pdf |access-date=18 November 2019 |publisher=University of the Fraser Valley |issn=1911-8538}}{{rp|41}} His father, Louis François Passy,{{cite journal |title=Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de l'arrondissement de Pontoise et du Vexin |journal=Société Historique et Archéologique de Pontoise, du Val-d'Oise et du Vexin |date=1916}}{{rp|5}} was {{lang|fr|recevuer general des finances}} (Receiver General of Finance), an important office in the Ancien Régime.{{cite book |last1=Garrioch |first1=David |title=The Formation of the Parisian Bourgeoisie, 1690-1830 |date=1996 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674309371 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wdw61MZF50oC |access-date=18 October 2019 |language=en}}{{rp|222}} His mother was Jaquette Pauline Hélène d’Aure.{{cite web |title=PASSY Antoine François {{!}} Cour des comptes |url=https://www.ccomptes.fr/fr/biographies/passy-antoine-francois |website=www.ccomptes.fr |access-date=2 November 2019 |language=fr}} Her brother, the Count d'Aure, was a riding master who fought for France in Egypt and Saint-Domingue.{{rp|35}}
One of his brothers, Justin Félix, was a soldier and the father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Frédéric Passy.{{rp|35}} Another brother, Antoine François, was a botanist and geologist.{{rp|10}}
Military career
Political career
In October 1830, he was elected Deputy for Louviers. After joining the Moderate Liberals, he served as reporter on the 1831 and 1835 Budgets.
Passy held various ministerial positions in the July Monarchy and the French Second Republic.{{rp|35}} He served as Minister of Finance on several occasions:
- 10 November 1834 – 18 November 1834{{rp|113}}
- 2 August 1836 – 6 September 1836 (acting){{rp|113}}
- 12 May 1839 – 29 February 1840{{rp|114}}
From 1835 to 1839, he was Vice-President of the Chamber. During this time, he also served as Minister of Commerce from 22 February 1836 until 5 September 1836.{{cite book |last1=France |first1=Société de l'Histoire de |author-link1=Société de l'Histoire de France |title=Annuaire historique pour l'année 1843 |date=1842 |publisher=Renouard |location=Paris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXRWAAAAcAAJ |access-date=18 November 2019 |language=fr}}{{rp|131}} From 16 April 1839 until 12 May 1839, he was President of the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1843, Passy joined the Chamber of Peers.{{cite news |title=The Paris papers of Sunday |work=The Times |issue=18483 |date=19 December 1843 |page=4}} He became Minister of Finance again during the 1849 Presidency of Napoleon III, and retired from politics after the 1851 coup d'état.
In 1878, he was president of the International Congress on Provident Societies, a group dedicated to discussing economics and finance.{{cite news |title=Latest Intelligence |work=The Times |issue=29293 |date=28 June 1878 |page=5}}
Personal life
Passy married Claire Fourmont-Tournay, the daughter of Gisors's mayor, Eustache Fourmont-Tournay.{{cite book |last1=Hersan |first1=P. F. D. |title=Histoire de la ville de Gisors |date=1858 |publisher=Lapierre |location=Gisors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VrNCAAAAYAAJ |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=fr}}{{rp|255}} They had a son, Edgar, who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an embassy secretary.{{cite book |title=Société de l'histoire de France, Volume 145 |date=1868 |publisher=Jules Renouard |location=Paris |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfcuAAAAMAAJ |access-date=7 December 2019 |language=fr}} He was a member of the {{lang|fr|Société de l'histoire de France}}, nominated by Jules Desnoyers and his uncle Antoine.
Both Passy and his brother Antoine were lifelong friends of Hortense Allart, the Italian-French writer.{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Helynne Hollstein |title=Hortense Allart: The Woman and the Novelist |date=1998 |publisher=University Press of America |isbn=9780761812135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VU6CwwGMHaIC |access-date=18 November 2019 |language=en}}{{rp|10}} They met while visiting Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély's widow near Paris.{{rp|241}} The brothers were helpful in helping Allart's husband become a local government architect.{{rp|179}}
Selected works
- {{cite book |title=Des causes de l'inégalité des richesses |date=1848 |publisher=Pagnerre |location=Paris}}
- {{cite book |title=Des formes de gouvernement et des lois qui les régissent |url=https://archive.org/details/desformesdegouve00pass |date=1876 |publisher=Librairie Guillaumin et cie |location=Paris}}
References
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